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TWO WEEKS until TOO CLOSE TO RESIST officially releases. This is one of my absolute favorite scenes. ______ EXCERPT _______ There he was, in the distance. She purposefully focused on the two buckets she had on the patio table. Watching him run could be…distracting, and she wasn’t going to be distracted. She picked up one [...]

Dear Reader, I have been writing stories for as long as I can remember. While I always wanted to be a writer, it took about twenty-eight-ish years for me to believe it was possible and go for those publication dreams. And now, here I am! It’s taken years and lots of rejections and hours and [...]

It has been a whirlwind few months on the writing front. I have been on a crazy roller coaster of good-bad-good-bad. Mostly good. I’m focusing on the good. Last week, my editor pointed me to this review of Flight Risk in the Library Journal. It made me very happy. Friday night my Cardinals won and [...]

After today, the year is three-fourths over. Three months left of 2013. That is really REALLY hard to believe. I’m sure these last three months will zoom by, and I’m kind of okay with that because I should have SIX books coming out next year! Right now, I only have a set-in-stone release date for [...]

Today my critique partner’s debut releases from Crimson Romance! Congrats, Elley! I first read Save My Soul two years ago. Even though it’s been that long, there are still scenes I vividly remember. Such is the strength of Elley’s writing. I also remember being intimidated by those first few chapters of hers I read thinking [...]

The romance heroine takes a lot of shit. Though I have no hard data out there to back this up (and you hard data people out there, feel free to offer some), in my experience, the heroine is more often the character a reviewer takes to task than the hero. The heroine is more often [...]

And by pipes I mean guys who can sing. For me, there is just something about a good looking guy with a great voice to make my knees go a little wobbly. Unfortunaltey, this isn’t something you can adequately portray in print. It has to be visual and audio to get the full affect. So, for [...]

I didn’t blog last week, and aside from this, I’m not sure I’ll blog much this week (though I’ll be posting at From Fact to Fiction today and Friday). I don’t have a real good reason for this except I’m cranky and eight months pregnant and uncomfortable and, well, that’s boring to read about. So, [...]

A few weeks ago, I tried to use my library’s e-lending program, but I couldn’t find any books I wanted. The search feature was also very frustrating, so I gave up. Then, this weekend a friend recommended a book and suggested I try the elending from my library again. They actually had the book! And [...]

I’ll be taking the rest of the year off from blogging. Between all that I have to get ready for Christmas this week, extended family celebrations & son’s birthday next week, it just seemed like the best option. I’ll be back in January with my New Year goals and hopefully my cover, blurb & excerpt [...]